Knock knock jokes for kids are my secret weapon for turning frowns upside down. I mean, show me a kid under 12 who doesn’t grin the moment you say “Knock knock” — apparently the two funniest words in the English language. I’ve used knock knock jokes to get us through long car rides, waiting for meals at a restaurant, and even getting flu shots at the pediatrician, because I’ll take uncontrollable, milk-coming-out-their-noses laughter over whining any day.
Though they’re not exactly sophisticated, knock knock jokes have been around forever. Some say they date all the way back to the middle ages, when castle guards would mess with visitors on the other side of the door. Others credit Shakespeare, who wrote some knock knocking into Macbeth. One thing’s for sure, the knock knock jokes I loved as a kid are still funny today, especially to my children, who can’t seem to get enough. And here’s the secret to telling kids’ knock knock jokes: the worse they are, the more kids laugh.
So try out some of these hilarious, kid-safe knock knock jokes on your little jokers today:
1. Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Boo
Boo who?
Don’t cry, little baby
2. Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Hoo
Hoo who?
I think there’s an owl in here!
3. Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Cows go.
Cows go who?
No, silly, cows go “moo.”
4. Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Water
Water who?
Water you doing tonight?
5. Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Nana.
Nana who?
Nana your business!
6. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Interrupting cow.
Interrupting co….
MOO!!!
7. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Lettuce
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in, it’s freezing out!
8. Knock Knock
Who’s there/
Atch. .
Atch who?
Bless you!
9. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Radio.
Radio who?
Radio not, here I come.
10. Will you remember me in a week?
Yes.
Will you remember me in a month?
Yes.
Will you remember me in a year?
Yes.
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
See, you’ve forgotten me already!
11. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Spell.
Spell who?
W-H-O
12. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Woo.
Woo hoo?
Calm down, I haven’t even gotten to the punchline yet!
13. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Wooden shoe.
Wooden shoe who?
Wooden shoe like to hear another joke?
14. Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Olive.
Olive who?
I love you!
15. Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Banana.
Banana who?
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Banana.
Banana who?
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
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